| plasmalogen | <biochemistry> A group of glycerol based phospholipids in which the aliphatic side chains are not attached by ester linkages. Widespread distribution, found mainly in brain and spinal cord tissue. Less easily studied than the acyl phospholipids. (13 Oct 1997) |
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| plasmalogenase | <enzyme> Liberates free aldehyde plus glycerophosphoethanolamine from lysoplasmalogen (1-alk-1'-enyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine Chemical name: 1-alk-1'-enyl-2-acyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylethanolamine aldehydohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.3.2.- Synonym: lysoplasmalogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| plasmalogens | Generic term for glycerophospholipids in which the glycerol moiety bears a 1-alkenyl ether group (on rarer occasions, a 1-alkyl ether group); e.g., alk-1-enylglycerophospholipid; plasmalogens synthesis is reduced in disorders of the peroxisome. Synonym: phosphoglyceracetals. (05 Mar 2000) |